Category: Film/Photography/TV

James Barnor : Ever Young -The Long And Steady Road To Recognizing An African Photographic Icon

 #MCM #MotivationMonday … I was surprisingly introduced to the work of Iconic Ghanaian Photographer James Barnor  in 2011 while attending an NYU Black Photography Symposium. His image of Marie Hallowi […]

BEASTS OF NO NATION: The Danger of Africa’s Single Story

A few weeks ago I found myself in a terrible state of mourning my beloved grandmother. A woman who was the matriarch of my original village of Black girls who […]

When Impossible Turns To I’M POSSIBLE: Deng Thiak Adut :From Child Soldier To International Lawyer

Because we live in a world where we all benefit from one form of privilege or not, we tend to see one’s abilities based on their circumstances rather than their […]

Telling Our Own Stories : AfricanstoryTV, An African City and Belle

It has been said many times over in the narrative of “Africa Rising“, that the digital age is Africa’s game changer in rebuilding and rebranding a continent and its global […]

ROOTS: Alexander Murray Palmer Haley and Other February 10 Black History Making Moments

 “In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage- to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is […]

Conspiring to Inspire : 44th NAACP Image Awards Makes History in Highest Viewership: Remembering Rosa Parks

The first day of Black History Month opened with the 44th NAACP Image Awards shedding a light on Black America’s history: past, present and future. While celebrating Black history, the […]

Global Fusion Playlist @ The Movies :HiLife: Ghana’s Musical Soul By Kwesi Owusu

As we celebrate the 6th day of Kwanzaa Kuumba: Creativity and enter a new year; In 2013 may Global Africa continue our creativity and to honor our ancestors and legacy […]

Lilakoi Moon AKA Lisa Bonet and her Pirate Revolution: 2013 Re-Claiming

It was great and refreshing to see Denice Huxtable AKA Lisa Bonet AKA Lilakoi Moon’s FB page on December 23rd where she announced : “I’m writing a film. With our […]

Curating in Africa Symposium At Tate Modern: The Future of African Art

I was glad to have stumbled upon this much needed dialogue in the global fusion of our shared art and spaces. I only really started following the works of the […]

Nester (Messenger) Robert Marley’s Mum- Cedella Booker

As we honor the messenger on the 31st anniversary of his transition from earth to home going- leaving the world to carry on the teachings of love and freedom, and […]